NYC Teen Admits Leaving Kitten in Oven to DieThursday, July 16, 2009 NEW YORK — A New York City teenager has admitted that she failed to let a kitten out of an oven after a friend put the animal inside and left it to roast to death.

After pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary on Wednesday, 17-year-old Cheyenne Cherry confronted a row of animal activists outside the courtroom. Cherry stuck out her tongue and told the activists that the kitten named Tiger Lily was "dead."

Authorities say Cherry and a 14-year-old friend ransacked a Bronx apartment before putting the cat in the oven, where it cried and scratched before dying.

The 14-year-old was charged with aggravated animal cruelty and burglary in the May 6 incident.

Cherry will serve a year in jail under a plea bargain.

"Remember - every time your dog gets somewhere on a tight leash *a fairy dies and it's all your fault.* Think of the fairies." http://www.positivepetzine.com"

omg! what the hell is this world coming to????????? and obviously she doesnt feel any remorse. people make me sick to my stomach....and this is why id like to live in the country with my dogs with nooo technology! wow

I found a picture of Tigerlily in one of the news sources when it happened. She also had stolen a dog at gunpoint and said it was a "prank" because it was just a (real looking) BB gun. Additionally she stole DVDs from the house and... Ramon noodles.

She's already a sociopath and is likely un-curable. I say lock her up and throw away the key.

Jackuul wrote:Certainly prevents reproduction - and thus prevents the genetics from being passed on - that is what I meant by begetting more violence.

BUT, there's the age old question of whether that type of behavior is nature or nurture. In other words are people born bad or do they become bad. Serial killers parents aren't typically serial killers themselves.

~Jeanine

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.